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Taiwan’s Nan-Men Market å—é–€å¸‚å ´
Time to go shopping! On Sunday I strolled through the bustling Nan-men market which is on the far side of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. The basement is crammed with…
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Counterfactuals And Woodchuck Probability Distributions
I have, with mechanical aid, again winged my way across the globe in search of treasure. I landed disoriented and would not trust myself to calculate even the integral of…
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A Final Solution To The Financial Crisis: Guest Post by Uncle Mike
Welcome to our WISE Uncle Mike, who provides for our review a unique idea to solve the world's financial mess. Greek residents will want to pay particular attention. Your Host…
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Best Statistics Question Ever
Several readers have sent this one in1. One Raymond Johnson (or was it Ryan Grover?) said he found the following picture on this blackboard (I pulled my copy from Flowing…
Occupy Sacramento!
The movement began with a rally on the Capitol steps, then proceeded by parade to Cesar Chavez park, at 10th and J streets, where it mingled with the folks…
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Those Darn Skeptics And Their Communications Professionals
"All right, boys," began James Hansen, "Listen up. Climate contrarians are winning the argument with the public over global warming. "This is so even though climate science itself is becoming…
The Curse Of The Mouse: Apple vs. PC vs. Command Line
I hate, loathe, and abominate the mouse. Nay, not the wee sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie that I chase with a hockey stick (a hard-to-find, left-handed Easton) each winter through my…
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Fleet Week San Francisco
This is the week the fleet meets under the Golden Gate. An astonishing site. I'm in SF and saw the air show practice the past two days. The Blue Angels…